Car-fender.



T. P. JESSEN.

CAR FENDER. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 5,1915.

Patented J 11116 20', 1916.

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THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co., WASHINGTON. D. C.

Patented June 20,1916.

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THOMAS P. JESSEN, 0F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

. CAR-FENDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 24), 1916.

Application filed'February 5,1915; Serial No.'6;205.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, TnoM-As P. Jnssnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the countyofEsseX and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Fenders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being. had to the accompanying drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention has reference, generally, to improvemcntsin life-saving devices; and, the present invention relates, more particularly, to a life-saving or guarding device in the form of a fender which is to be attached to the front end of a vehicle, such as a streetrailway car.

The invention has for its principal object to provide a novel and simplyconstructed (air-fender of the general character hereinafter set forth, in which the parts of the fender have been reduced to a minimum, said parts being arranged with a view of producing an eliiciently operating and perfectly acting fender, and at the same time providing a construction which retains the fender in its operative supported relation at the front of the car ready to pick up a person or body coming in contact with the fender.

The invention has for its further object to provide a construction of car-fender compr ing a plurality of assembled frame-like structures, all of which have a certain amount of resilient or spring-like action, co-- operating to provide a cushion-like fender which minimizes the bruising of a body when the same comes in contact with and is picked up by the fender.

Other objects ofthis invention not at this time more particularly enumerated will be clearly understoodfrom the following: de-' tailed description of the present invention.

lVith the various objects of the invention: in view, the present invention consists, primarily, in the novel car-fender hereinafter set forth; and the invention consists, furthermore, in the novel arrangements and: combinations of the various devices and parts, as well as in the details of the construction of the same, all of which will be,

more fully described in the following specification, and then finally embodied in the clauses of the claim which are appended to and which form an essential part of this specification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the front end-portion of a street-railway car and a fender mounted upon said end-portion the fender being represented in side elevation and illustrating one embodiment of the principles of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the fender detached from the ear; and Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal vertical section of the same. Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section taken on line H in said Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is a similar section taken on line 55 in said Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a detail horizontal sectional representation, taken on line 66 in Fig. 1.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the above described views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the said figures of the drawings, the reference-character 1 indicates a portion of the front vestibule or dash board of any suitable form and style of street-railway car, and 2 is the usual bumper forming part of the lower framework of the car.

Suitably secured upon the opposite sideportions of the bumper, so as to depend from the lower surface-portions thereof, are a pair of suitably-formed socket-members, as 3, providing suitable guiding hangers in which portions of the frame-work of the fender are mounted, for supporting the fender in its operative position upon the front of the car in the manner and for the purposes to be presently more fully de scribed.

' The car-fender, which embodies the principles of the present invention, comprises a pair of side-members, as 4-, which are usually bent, asat 5, depending upon thewidth of the lower frame-work of the car withwhich the fender is employed, the said members or elements 4 terminating in the supporting members- 6 which are mounted in the socket-members or hangers 3., substan tially as indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawings. That the said supporting members 6 may be secured intheir fixed mounted relation in the supporting portions of the said hangers,

the latter are provided with suitable supporting bolts 7 which pass throughperforations S in the members 6 and are rigidly secured n place by means of nuts 9 which are screwed upon the screw-threaded endportions of the said bolts, as shown." The said supportingmembers 6 may be provided with a plurality of such perforations 8 so 12, substantially as shown.

that the relative forwardly extending relation ofthe fender to the bumper may be J means of loop-shaped'portions 1 1 and 15 V and rivets 16, are band-like members 13,

made of resilient metal, and arranged so as to provide intermedlate open spaces, as 17.

I Pivotally'connected with the projecting end-portions of the rod 9, and held in place against the'outer faces of the side-members 4 by the rivet-heads 10, are another pair of forwardly extending side-members, as 18,

said side-members 18 having their forward lower end-portions rounded, as at 19, in the manner shown in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings. These side-members 18 have their forward end-portions also connected by means of atie-rod 20, suitably held in its fixed positionby means of rivet-heads 21.

' Suitably connected with the tie-rods 9 and 20, by means of loop-shaped portions 23 and 24 and rivets 25, are band-like members '22,, also madeof resillent metal, and arranged so as to provide intermediate open spaces, as

26. As shown, the loop-Shaped portions 23 of said members 22 which are arranged upon the tie-rod 9- are placed intermediate of the loop-shaped portions 1470f the members 13, and upon the tie-rod 20 and between the loop-shaped portions 24 upon said rod 20 are suitably-formed tubular members, as 27, all arranged to prevent any slipping laterally of the resilient band-like members, as will be clearly evident.

The pivoted fender-element thus provided is retained in its normal operative relation, indicated inFigs. 1,, 2 and 3 of the drawings, by a rearwardly extending springband or element, as 28, which is centrally located with relation to the complete fender. At its lower free end, this spring-band 28 has a loop-shaped portion 29 and a rivet 30 by means of which it is secured tosaid tierod 20. At a point 31, the ,said p ingportion which continues to extend rearwardly, said portion 33 being arranged beneath the tie-rod 11, and bearing upwardly against a portion of the lower surface of said tie-rod 11, with the result that the fender-element formed by said side-members 7 1S and the band-like members 22 is freely suspended in an oscillatory relation at a suitable distance above the grade of the road-bed, as will be clearly evident. In order that the lower front end-portion. of the said last-mentioned fender-element will be retained, normally, at the proper distance above the road-bed, and to prevent the spring-band 28 from moving the said lower end-portion upwardly too far in a direction indicated by the arrow :20 in Fig. 3 of the drawings, the side-members 4 have secured by means of rivets 8 or otherwise, upon their inner faces, suitable spring-plates 34, to which are secured studs, as 35, which project laterally from said plate 34-, into and through perforations 36 in the side-members 4- and extend slightly beyond the outer faces of said side-members, as shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings. The projecting end-portions of said studs 35 form suitable stops, with which certain stop-fingers, as 37, extending from the pivoted end-portions of the sidemembers 18 are brought into arrested engagement, as indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and thereby limit, under normal conditions, any excessive upward movement of the fender-element, as will be clearly understood. It will be evident. however, that when it is desired to fold the fenderelement back, the arrangement of the springplates 34 will permit the withdrawal of the stop-pins or studs 35 from their arresting engagement with the stop-fingers 37, so that the fender-element may be raised in the direction of the said arrow or and readily brought into its folded-lmck relation with the other elements of the fender.

Suitably secured to the tie-rod 11, by means of loop-shaped end-portions 39 and rivets 40, are upwardly extending bandke members 38, made of resilient metal, said members 38 having their upper free endportions also made loop-shaped, as at 41, which are mounted upon' a suitable tie-rod 42 and are secured in place by means of rivets 43, or other suitable fastening means, thereby providing an additional fenderguard which is located directly in front of the bumper, and prevents a body which is caught in the fender from coming into direct and forcible contact with the bumper.

That the said fender-guard thus provided may be retained in its substantially vertical relationin front of the bumper a pair of spring-like retaining members, as M, are secured in fixed relation tosaid tie-rod 42, said members 44 being provided at their lower end-portions with retaining fingers 45 which are readily forced under the marginal edge-portion of the bumper, as indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and thereby retain the said fender-guard in its operative position in front of the bumper of the car, as will be clearly evident.

Extending downwardly from the two side-members 4, at different angles, in the manner represented more particularly in said Fig. 1 of the drawings, are a pair of arms, as 46 and 47, to which is secured by means of bolts 48 and nuts 49,,01' other suitable fastening means, a plate-like element 50, which acts as a shoe for removing snow or other objects from the road-bed upon which the car travels, irrespective of whether the fender is folded up against the front of the car, or whether the fender is down in normal use.

The operations of the various devices and parts comprising the fender will be readily understood from the foregoing specification and from an inspection of the accompanying drawings, and need not, therefore, be further described.

Of course I am aware that changes may be made in the general arrangements and combinations of the various devices and parts, as well as in the details of the construction of the said parts, without departing from the scope of the present invention as set forth in the foregoing specification and as defined in the clauses of the claim which are appended thereto. Hence, I do not limit my present invention to the exact arrangement and combination of the various devices and parts as described in the said specification, nor do I confine myself to the exact details of the construction of the said parts as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

I claim l. A fender-frame comprising upon each side a pair of longitudinally extending side members, and transverse tie-rods, resilient band-like members connected with said tierods, a rearwardly extending spring-band attached at its one end to one of said tierods and extending in bearing contact with the upper and lower surface-portions respectively of the other tie-rods, combined with supporting hangers adapted to be secured to the body of a car with which the side-members of one of said fender-frames are in supporting engagement, and means for securing said side-members to said hangers.

2. A fender-frame comprising upon each side a pair of longitudinally extending sidemembers, and transverse tierods, resilient band-like members connected with said tierods, a rearwardly extending springband attached at its one end to one of said tie rods and extending in bearing contact with the upper and lower surface-portions respectively of the other tie-rods, combined with supporting guiding hangers adapted to be secured to the body of a car with which the side-members of one of said fender-frames are in sliding engagement, and an adjusting means connected with said hangers for adjustably securing said side-members to said 11 angers.

3. A fender-frame comprising upon each side a pair of longitudinally extending sidemembers, and transverse tie-rods, resilientband-like members connected with said tie rods, a rearwardly extending spring-band attached at its one end to one of said tie-rods and extending in bearing contact with the upper and lower surfacepmrtions respectively of the other tie-rods, and a vertically projecting fender-guard extending from one of said fender-frames in front of the bumper of the car, comprising band-like members, a tie-rod to which said band-like members are attached, and spring-like retaining members of said fender-frames are in supporting en gagement, and means for securing said side members to said hangers, and a vertically projecting fender-guard extending from one of said fender-frames in front of the bump-er of the car, comprising band-like members. a tie-rod to which said band-like members are attached, and spring-like retaining members connected with and extending from said last-mentioned tie-rod into detachable holding engagement with portions of the bumper of the car.

5. A fender-frame comprising upon each side a pair of longitudinally extending side members, and transverse tie-rods, resilient band-like members connected with said tierods, a rearwardly extending spring-band attached at its one end to one of said tie rods and extending in bearing contact with the upper and lower surface-portions respectively of the other tie-rods, combined with supporting guiding hangers adapted to be secured to the body of a car with which the side-members of one of said fender-frames are insliding engagement, and an adjusting means connected with said hangers for adjustalolysecuring said side-members to said hangers, and a vertically projecting fender guard' extending from one of said fenderj framesin front of the bumper of the car,

comprising band-like members, a tie-rod to Y Which'said band-like members are attached,

and spring-like retaining members connected Withfand extending from said'last-mentioned tie-rod into detachableholding engagement with-portions-of the bumper of the car.

i 6. fender-frame comprising upon each s de a pair of longitudinally extending sidemembers, and transverse "tie-rods, said fender-frames being pivotally connected with one of said tie-rods, resilient band-like members connected with said tie-rods, a rearwardly extending spring-band attached at its one end to one of said tie-rods and extending in bearing contact with the upper and lower surface-portions respectively of 'e the other tie-rods, and a locking means conmembers connected with said tie'rods, af r'earwardly extending spring-band attached at itsone end to one'of said tie-rods and extending in bearing contact with the upper and lower surface-portions respectively of the other tie-rods, a locking means connected 7 with the side-members of said fenderframes, combined with supporting hangers adapted to be secured to the body of a car with which the side-members of one of said fender-frames are in supporting engagement, and means for securing said sidemembers to said hangers.

-8. A fender-frame comprising upon each side a pair of longitudinally extending side- 'members, and transverse tie-rods, said fen- 'der-frames being pivotally connected with one of said tie-rods, resilient band-like members connected with said tie-rods, a rearwardly extending spring-band attached at its one end to one of saidtie-rods and extending'in bearing contact with the'upper and lower surface-portions respectively of the other'tie-rods, a locking means connected with the side-members of said fenderframes, combined with supporting guiding hangers adapted to be secured to the body of a car with which the side-members of one of said fender-frames are in sliding engagement, and an adjusting means connected with said hangers for adjustably securing I said side-members to said hangers. I

9; A fender-frame comprising upon each said I a i r 1,187,740

side a pair of longitudinally extending sidemembers, and transverse tie-rods, said fender-frames being pivotally connected with one of said tie-rods, resilient band-like members connected with said tie-rods, a rearwardly extending spring-band attached at its one end to one of said tie-rods and extending in bearing contact with the upper and lower surface-portions respectively of the other tie-rods, a locking means connected with the side-members of said fenderframes, and a vertically projecting fenderguard extending from one of said fenderframes in front of: the bumper of the car, comprisingband-like members, a tie-rod to which said band-like members are attached, and'spring-like retaining members connected with and extending from said last-mentioned tie-rod into detachable holding engagement with portions of the bumper of the car.

10. In a tender, a pair of fender-frames, each fender-frame comprising longitudinally extending side-members, and transverse tierods, said fender-frames being pivotally connected with one of said tie-rods, resilient band-likemembers connected with said tie-rods, a rearwardly extending springband attached at its one end to one of said tie-rods and extending in bearing contact with the upper and lower surface-portions respectively of the other tie-rods, a locking means connected with the side-members of said fender-fra1nes, combined with supporting hangers adapted to be secured to the body of a car with which the side-1nembers of one of said fender-frames are in supporting engagement, and means for securing said side-members to said hangers, and a vertically projecting fender-guard extending from one of said fender-frames in front of the bumper of the car, comprising bandlike members, a tie-rod to which said bandlike members are attached, and spring-like retaining members connected with and extending from said last-mentioned tie-rod into detachable holding engagement with portions of the bumper of the car.

11. In a fender, a pair of fender-frames, each fendenframe comprising longitudinally extending side-members, and transverse tie-rods, said fender-frames being pivotally connected with one of said tie-rods, resilient band-like members connected with said tie-rods, a rearwardly extending spring-band attached at its one end to one of said tie-rods and extending in bearing contact with the upper and lower surfaceportions respectively of the other tie-rods, a locking means connected with the sidemembers of said fender-frames, combined with supporting guiding hangers adapted to be secured to the body of a car with which the side-members of one of said fender-frames are in sliding engagement, and

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an adjusting means connected With said hangers for adjustably securing said sidemembers to said hangers, and a vertically projecting fender-guard extending from one of said fender-frames in front of the bumper of the car, comprising band-like members, a tie-rod to which said band-like members are attached, and spring-like retaining members connected with and extending from said last-mentioned tie-rod into detachable holding engagement with portions of the bumper of the car.

In testimony, that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of January 1915.

THOMAS P. JESSEN. Witnesses:

FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL,

FREDK. H. W. FRAENTZEL.

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